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12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions jsonschema-core.xml
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<section title="Base URI and Dereferencing">
<t>
To differentiate between schemas in a vast ecosystem, schemas are
identified by <xref target="RFC3986">URI</xref>, and can embed references to other schemas by specifying their URI.
identified by <xref target="RFC3986">URI</xref>, and can embed references
to other schemas by specifying their URI.
</t>

<section title="Initial Base URI">
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</t>
<t>
Informatively, the initial base URI of a schema is the URI at which it was
found, or a suitable substitute URI if none is known.
found, whether that was a network location, a local filesystem, or any other
situation identifiable by a URI of any known scheme.
</t>
<t>
If no source is known, or no URI scheme is known for the source, a suitable
implementation-specific default URI MAY be used as described in
<xref target="RFC3986"> RFC 3986 Section 5.1.4</xref>. It is RECOMMENDED
that implementations document any default base URI that they assume.
</t>
</section>

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